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Dear Experts,

1-2x/day my XP restarts or locks and when I re-login I cannot access programs (e.g. firefox.exe "bad image" errors).

Any ideas what may be happening? Recently I installed a...

Secunia was clean.

Still did not update Java - how do you suggest I go about this:

DDS attached and appended:

DDS (Ver_10-03-17.01) - NTFSx86
Run by Administrator at 23:11:10.07 on Wed...

Gotcha.

I had issues with newer versions of Adobe being sluggish, but if you insist I'll update.

The Java update did not show up in Secunia, but I'll scan again.

It's odd the log has an April date, the pgm says it was last updated Aug 15th. Reupdated.


Done. Since when did we start using Secunia? Is it the new standard?


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Attached and...

Thanks for taking this one Blade.

Checked hardware (wakeup on lan) and am at a loss SW wise, but optimistic about your advice :)


DDS (Ver_10-03-17.01) - NTFSx86
Run by Administrator at...

UNLESS SPECIFICALLY INSTRUCTED, DO NOT POST THIS LOG.
IF REQUESTED, ZIP IT UP & ATTACH IT

DDS (Ver_10-03-17.01)

Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Boot Device: \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Install...

Hey Shelf

1) It's showing "acquiring network address" all the time, but internet seems to be ok

2) I had not seen that link before, but that's the process I'm using right now. Still, it's...

1)Yes: double-clicking brings up the wireless networking connection status window

2) Tried to reset - unfortunately it still crashes.


3) Outlook is still choppy - I'm running another...

Sorry, just got back from vacation, one sec

Hey Shelf,

No, but a few days back I reverted to Acrobat 9.0 Pro when I was trying the clean things up myself (sorry!). The new updates were giving me some trouble.

A Few Other Issues:
...

Thanks Shelf

BTW - why are we using this new malware app and not spybot?

Log:
Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.46
www.malwarebytes.org

Database version: 4156

DDS:


DDS (Ver_10-03-17.01) - NTFSx86
Run by Administrator at 11:44:55.42 on Thu 05/27/2010
Internet Explorer: 8.0.6001.18702 BrowserJavaVersion: 1.6.0_19
Microsoft Windows XP Professional ...

Hi Shelf,

Help would still be good.

Need a new DDS?

When I open Adobe PDFs online, my tablet often freezes and displays a blue windows classic-esque screen in the background that replaces my desktop.

I've also noticed outlook running more...

Thanks,
CP


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UNLESS SPECIFICALLY INSTRUCTED, DO NOT POST THIS LOG.
IF REQUESTED, ZIP IT UP & ATTACH IT

DDS (Ver_10-03-17.01)

Hey Blade,

I would have to say yes...

Unfortunately, I can no longer start my laptop due to a BSOD.

Boot - OK
Windsors startup screen and progress bar - hangs and goes to BSOD

Tried to...

During restarting my computer to complete the initial HJT cleanup I encountered a memory error. Computer shutdown and restarted before I could write it down (normal shutdown due to HJT cleanup).
...

Hi Blade,

Yes I did. It seems to run, the progress bar goes to completion, the hourglass pops up, and i don't get any antivirus or firewall-related errors. However, no log pops up or is saved in...

Hi Blade,


I'm having trouble running the combofix script. After the drag and drop, combofix displays its progress bar which completes, but no log is created or displayed.

Pls let me know...

Ok - I've actually zipped it in order to attach. Hope this is ok.

Hi Blade,

Actually, the combofix file is 158kb - too big to upload apparently. Any workaround?

Hi Blade,

The log file was actually saved to my desktop (default was the temp drive) as log.txt . I've renamed and attached it.

Tx,
CP

Hi Blade,

Attached is my KAS report. Does KAS usually take >6hrs to run?

Tx - CP

Hi Blade,

Will run the scan tonight - it took quite some time to download the updates.

Please leave this thread open.

Tx - CP

Hi Blade,

I cannot seem to find the file. HJT lists it as missing. Perhaps it was cleaned by my antivirus?

Here's a new HJT.

Tx.

Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2
Scan saved at...

Here you go: attached.

Thanks for your help! - CP

Thanks Blade, will do.

BTW - the first DDS link does not work (FYI).

winvercp.exe popping up in Online Armor Firewall

CPU usage and fan are also running higher/hotter than normal.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks,
CP

Logfile of Trend Micro...

No problems so far, but a few questions -

What's the best way to:
1) backup files?
- any possibility to synch across a network?
2) Create backup system images

Thanks,
CP

Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2
Scan saved at 10:13:56 AM, on 1/5/2010
Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180)
Boot mode: Normal
...

Just back from vacation and unfortunately my old cleanup thread was archived due to inactivity


Here is a link to my old thread: http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=53846&page=2

Here's...

and HJT (was this the dds.txt you were referring to?)

Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2
Scan saved at 7:40:02 AM, on 12/16/2009
Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet...

That Kaspersky scan took much longer than expected... 4hrs.

Here you go:

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KASPERSKY ONLINE SCANNER 7.0: scan...

Thanks - what did that batch file do btw?

Combofix log.txt
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ComboFix 09-12-06.A3 - CaffeinatedPonderer 12/11/2009 11:12.4.2 - x86
Microsoft Windows XP Professional ...

logit.txt
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[boot loader]
timeout=3
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional"...

Here's the result of fixes.bat
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Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is E4DB-DC9B
File Not Found
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Any idea what this means?

Thanks.

Also - when I ran combofix (by dropping the file) a dialogbox popped up saying that the boot partition could not be made.

New combofix log:
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ComboFix 09-12-06.A3 - CaffeinatedPonderer...

Sure, but can you send me a link to the recovery console download?

Thanks.

Thanks0

HJT
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Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2
Scan saved at 7:32:50 PM, on 12/6/2009
Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180)...

Thanks - here are the logs

Also - ComboFix was not able to install the windows recovery console due to my internet settings (I need to log in to the internet).

Also - I just received a BSOD and...

Last weekend I noticed a blank entry in msconfig services and my outgoing pop3 outlook email server stopped working.

Vundo Variant?

Any help would be much appreciated.


ERUNT backup created...

Last weekend I noticed a blank entry in msconfig services and my outgoing pop3 outlook email server stopped working.

Vundo Variant?

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks,
CP